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A picture taken on June 13, 2016 shows Lebanese forensic experts inspecting the site of an explosion at the headquarters building of BLOM BANK in the capital Beirut following a bomb blast on the evening of June 12, 2016. Patrick Baz/AFP

Hezbollah Remains Silent as Security Agencies Collect Evidence from Bank Blast Scene

by Asharq Al-Awsat and Youssef Diab | Jun 14, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-A Lebanese minister confirmed to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that the bombing which targeted BLOM Bank in Beirut on Sunday evening is “closely linked to the dispute between Lebanese banks and the so-called Hezbollah, which has criticized the performance of...

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Hezbollah’s Imad Mughniyeh Proposed Iranian-Israeli Swap Deal- IRGC Official

by Adel al-Salmi | Jun 13, 2016 | Middle East

London: The head of Iranian parliament’s defense committee, Esmail Kowsari, said on Monday that Iranian officials have rejected several years ago a proposal put forward by Imad Mughniyeh to release an American hostage in exchange of the liberation of Iranian diplomat...

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A picture taken on June 6, 2016 shows Jordanian security forces vehicles patrolling near the Jordanian intelligence agency office in the Baqaa camp north of the capital Amman following a gun attack. STRINGER / AFP

A View into Radicalization in Jordan

by Mona Alami | Jun 13, 2016 | Features

Beirut-Jordan has once again fallen victim to terrorist attacks, the latest of which was an assault on the Baqaa refugee camp north of Amman that left five people dead, among them three intelligence members. Baqaa, the largest of 10 official Palestinian refugee camps...

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A wrecked vehicle is seen as policemen and civilians inspect the site of an explosion at Blom Bank in Beirut, Lebanon June 12, 2016. Jamal Saidi/Reuters

Lebanon Banking Sector Receives Warning Message

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 13, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-Lebanon’s banking sector received an intense warning when an explosion hit a Lebanese bank on Sunday evening. It was clear that the operation did not aim to cause fatalities, but rather to hit the banking sector currently in a bad relation with the...

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Lebanon’s Hezbollah members carry Hezbollah flags during the funeral of their fellow fighter Adnan Siblini, who was killed while fighting against insurgents in the Qalamoun region, in al-Ghaziyeh village, southern Lebanon May 26, 2015. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho

Following U.S. … Canada Seize Iranian Assets to Fund Victims of Terrorism

by Adel al-Salmi | Jun 12, 2016 | World

Ottawa – A Canadian court has condemned the Iranian regime for supporting terrorism by issuing a decision to seize the assets of Iranians living in Canada and hand them to the families of victims who died in attacks orchestrated by Tehran and executed by the...